Exile - Richard North Patterson

Exile

By Richard North Patterson

  • Release Date: 2007-01-09
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
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Description

From one of America's most compelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel

David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif—the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school—he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent Hana—who may well be guilty—or will he turn away the one woman he can never forget?

The most challenging case of David's career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana Arif and her militant Palestinian husband, both of whom have always lived in exile. Ultimately, David's quest takes him to Israel and the West Bank, where, in a series of harrowing encounters, he learns that appearances are not at all what they seem.

Culminating in a tense and startling trial with international ramifications, Exile is that rare novel that both entertains and enlightens. At once an intricate tale of betrayal and deception, a moving love story, and a fascinating journey into the lethal politics of the Middle East, this is Richard North Patterson at his most brilliant and engrossing.

Reviews

  • Not good at all

    1
    By vfoxpro
    40 mins in and I finally gave up. 40 minutes and you learn very little about the characters. It was not interesting to me period

  • Exile

    1
    By E122
    Long winded and preachy. Those who said they liked it must be authors friends. I couldn't finish it as characters were one dimensional and unlikable. Save your money.

  • Diane

    5
    By Diane Ansel
    Patterson installs his principle characters into impossible situations from which they must try to extricate themselves while maintaining each's own morality and value. He has thoroughly researched his information in all of his books and especially for his book Exile, by interviewing at length both the Palestinian and Israel sides of this world altering question. and, as always, give us food for thought for months to come! This was one of my favorite and haunting books. No one knows how the Palestinians' and the Israels' war will end or if it ever will, but I feel that more people are now aware of the wrenching emotions when a people are torn away from their homes.

  • Impressive

    5
    By Happysap
    At the end, I felt like I understood the feelings and motivation that motivated the characters. This understanding was slowly constructed like building a castle out of toothpicks. Introducing the characters, one by one so I knew them a little. Then painting the landscape the characters had lived in. When I got to the end of the book and read the list of people he had interviewed to write the book, I felt that, although this was a novel, much of what I had learned was information I could believe. Like a child might read history and geography in a comic book. Of course, this is not a comic book. But very readable but full of complicated political questions without answers.

  • Exile

    5
    By Babsarella1
    Absolutely spellbinding...could not put it down. I highly recommend. Of course I have read all of his books,

  • Exile

    5
    By TigerBear12
    This was an excellent and well written novel. Patterson's books are always such great examinations of how we humans deal with the issues of our lives and our world. Keep up the great work!

  • Exile

    5
    By Hornstaff
    One of the best books I've read. Could not put it down.

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